Glove-finger-supporting device



May 12, 1925. y 531,794

D. BAUM GLOVE FINGER SUPPORTING DEVICE Filed Aug: 29, 1923 W- 1 I V ir T 6 m f M WITNESSES IN VEN TOR Lia/v10 BHUM ATTORNEYS Patented May 12, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFF-ICE.

DAVID BAUM, F LIVERMORE FALLS, MAINE, ASSIGNOR TO THE BAUM MACHINE 00., OF LIVERMORE FALLS, MAINE, A CORPORATION OF MAINE.

GLOVE-FINGER-SUPPORTING DEVICE.

Application filed. August 29, 1923 Serial No. 660,000.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DAVID BAUM, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Livermore Falls, in the county of Androscoggin and State of Maine, have invented a new and Improved Glove-Finger- Supporting Device, of which the following is a description.

My invention relates to a glove finger turning device and more particularly to a device adapted to be employed in the glove turning machine patented by me July 27, 1920, Number 1,348,077, the present improvement having reference to a glove re- 15 ceiving and holding device which, when emplaced in my patented machine, coacts with a plunger for holding the glove and functions in the holding of the glove finger in the turning of the same.

The general object of the present invention is to provide a finger-supporting device improved with a view to promote efliciency in the holding of the glove as well as insuring accuracy in the placing of the glove finger and the turning of the same.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, it being understood that the drawings are merely illustrative of one example of the invention.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a glove finger supporting tool formed in accordance with my present invention;

Figure 2 is a similar view at right angles to Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a plan View.

In carrying out my invention in accordance with the illustrated example the glove finger-supporting device is formed with a threaded shank which receives an elongated nut 11 and lock nut 12 for securing the device in position in the machine.

A head 13 is formed on the shank 10 at its upper end and from said head rise two resilient diametrically opposite arms 14. At the upper ends of the arms 14 is a tubular assemblage comprising an external clamp member 15 on the one arm 14 and a smaller U-shaped clamp member 16, the sides of which are received within the clamp member 15 and lie adjacent thereto. When the device is employed in practice in the above-mentioned patented machine, a glove finger is placed on the members 15, 16 and a plunger, not shown, but illustrated fully 1n my mentioned patent, operates to force the glove finger downwardly within the clamp members 15, 16, the action serving to expand said clamp members. The re siliency of the arms 14, results in giving the clamp members firm gripping hold on the glove finger. When the plunger is removed the resiliently sustained clamp members move inwardly and will support the glove finger so that the wrist portion or outer portion of the glove and the glove finger will be reversed in a manner fully explained in my patent referred to.

The described construction is effective in preventing undue stretching of the glove finger and it is effective also in the proper holding of the glove finger when being placed and reversed.

The arms 14:, it will be observed from Figure 1, are deflected slightly inwardly at their upper ends to give increased resiliency.

I would state in conclusion that while the illustrated example constitutes a practical embodiment of my invention, I do not limit myself strictly to the exact details herein illustrated, since, manifestly, the same can be considerably varied without departure from the spirit of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. A supporting device for glove fingers and other articles to be turned, said device having means to secure it in a glove turning machine, resilient arms above the said securing means, and two approximately U-shaped clamp members on the upper ends of said arms and disposed one within the other, the two clamp members ointly having a tubular formation to permit the placing of a glove finger therein and to accommodate a plunger.

2. A supporting device for glove fingers and other articles to be turned, said device having diametrically opposite resilient upstanding arms, slightly deflected inwardly at their upper ends, and a tubular clamp at the upper end of saidarms and composed of laterally disposed members U shaped in cross section and carried by the respective arms.

3. A supporting device for use in a machine for turning glove fingers and other articles, said device comprising a threaded receive a. glove finger and accommodate a shank means to secure said shank in the plunger, each member having sides overglove turning machine to be disposed uplapping the sides of the opposed member and 10 i ht, ili t arms i i f id movable relatively thereto in the ylelding 5 threaded shank and oppositely disposed of the armsmembers on said arms at the upper ends jointly presenting a tubular formation to DAVID BAUM. 

